Germantown Methodist Church Prayer Requests
Updated July 21, 2026
This Week’s Church Prayer Focus: Those who have suffered abuse.
Ongoing
1. Our Friends, Relatives, Acquaintances, and Neighbors who do not know Jesus as their Savior and our outreach to them.
2. Service personnel: Evan Benbenek (California), Tina Carr (Virginia), Nick Eby (England), Charles Hayes (Middle East), Carl Martin (North Carolina), Daniel Muñoz (home), Josh Neal (boot camp), Luke Quillen (Montana), Zach Smith (Kentucky).
3. Our Homebound: Edna Barnhart, Esther Cochran, Martha Cornn, Harold and Lucy Dursch, Beverly Simpkins, Doris Tudor, Janice Waits, Janice Wallace, Carol Woolcock.
4. For the church staff and leaders as they seek God’s guidance in serving God and leading our church.
5. Our missionaries Kevin, Laura, and Lucy, Margaret, Benjamin, and Alisa Cline.
6. Members of our church with cancer: Charlotte Genslinger, Donna Gisewite, Linda Grise, Beverly Simpkins, Jerry Steinmetz, Janet Withrow, Gene Wright.
7. Those dealing with addiction and their families.
July 19-25
8. Quilt: Mark Stull (low blood pressure).
9. Charlotte Genslinger: in Hospice of Dayton facility.
10. Nancy Wright: heart catheterization 7/22.
11. Vernon Hasty Jr.: under Hospice care, had 2 heart attacks this week.
12. Family and friends of Russell Marchese who passed away.
13. Jou Kurfiss: progressive brain disease.
14. Carl Lamb: in Honduras for a mission trip.
15. Jennifer Focker: cancer.
16. Jim Orum: lung cancer.
17. Gretchen: recovering from heart surgery.
18. Tamaria: having a baby boy.
19. Shirley: testing.
20. Stacy Taylor: pancreatic cancer.
21. Megan: rectal cancer.
22. US military personnel who died serving their country.
23. Britney: high risk pregnancy.
24. Marilyn Oswald: pancreatic cancer.
25. Baby Zaiden: up to 4 pounds.
26. Family and friends of Jenny Minton who passed away.
27. Travel mercies.
28. Frank McKay: home and recovering from hip surgery.
29. Melissa Sedlak.
July 12-18
30. Doris Tudor: had successful pacemaker surgery on 7/13.
31. Mary Wiser: cellulitis.
32. Carol Shade: successful kidney stone procedure.
33. Steve & Brenda: in a car accident.
34. Lynn Owens: ovarian cancer.
35. Gretchen Krafft: heart surgery.
36. Participants in the Montgomery County Fair.
37. Praise: birth of Owen Dale Braga.
38. Deanna Coddle.
39. Praise: birth of Ella Rose.
40. Lydia: ill.
41. Linda Powers: respiratory issues.
42. Behr Wheeler: guidance.
43. David Bishop: Hospice care.
July 5-11
44. Quilt: Jeremiah Hunt (father died).
45. Family and friends of Bill Hanahan who passed away.
46. David Shade: heart catheterization.
47. Praise: Twila Thacker in worship after being very ill.
48. Darlene Oiler: in hospital with respiratory issues.
49. Tom Carr: cancer.
50. Kelly Quillen: knee replacement.
51. Britney: high risk pregnancy.
52. Kathleen Strackman: heading to West Point.
53. Violet Carr’s husband passed away.
54. Kim Wilson, Violet’s niece: in hospital with pneumonia.
55. Kara Stiver: chemotherapy for stage 3 ovarian cancer.
June 28-July 4
56. Quilts: Tamaria Hobson (having a baby); Shelly Genslinger (eye issues), Kile Genslinger (broken foot).
57. Alissa: cancer, surgery this week.
58. Family and friends of Michael Mebane who passed away.
59. Mariah Hamilton: job and other issues.
60. Kylie Dunn and husband: both on kidney transplant list.
61. Annie Masters: lump on her wrist.
62. Jason & Rita Webb: health issues.
June 21-27
63. Quilt: Shirley Stewart (broken leg).
64. Family and friends of Mike Samworth who passed away.
65. Family and friends of Jeff Hunt who passed away.
66. Beth Noble: will begin chemo and radiation treatments.
67. Arnie Wright: ICU.
68. Jay Clark: testing.
69. Family and friends of Jay Vogley who passed away.
70. Mark Freese: in hospital with heart issues and pneumonia.
71. Family and friends of Greg Eldridge who passed away.
72. Family and friends of Donna Tipton who passed away.
June 14-20
73. Diane Hayes.
74. The Dursch family.
75. JR Roberts: cancer.
76. Ron Garrett: home after being in the hospital.
77. Deanna: in ICU.
78. Tim: had to have his spleen removed.
79. Colton: seven-years-old, had hip surgery.
Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to Him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen. (Ephesians 3:20-21, NLT)